18 must-read australia books like The Sirens Sing by Kristel Thornell

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The Sirens Sing

By: Kristel Thornell

3.12

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A beautiful novel from multi-award-winning writer Kristel Thornell, The Sirens Sing is about the ha…

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1. Jasper Jones

By: Craig Silvey

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Late on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is s… read more

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2. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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  • fiction
  • australia
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3. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

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4. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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  • australia
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5. Cold Enough for Snow

By: Jessica Au

3.73

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the a… read more

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"She had kept, I knew, all the tickets, brochures and guides we had been given to take home, as if she would take them out later to read as one reads a novel."

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"The best we could do in this life was to pass through it, like smoke through the branches, suffering, until we either reached the state of nothingness, or else suffered elsewhere."

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"Nowadays, she said, people were hungry to know everything, thinking that they could understand it all, as if enlightenment were just around the corner. But, she said, in fact there was no control, an…"

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

"Then she reached for her bag and took out a small book. She explained she had found it at a store near her home, and that it described the nature of your character based on the date of your birth. (.…"

-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow

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6. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

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  • australia
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

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7. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

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  • australia
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8. The Conversion

By: Amanda Lohrey

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more

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  • australia
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9. The In-Between

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.70

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more

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  • australia
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."

-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between

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10. The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

By: Holly Ringland

4.04

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

From international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Holly Ringland, comes a ha… read more

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"There's a certain kind of beauty that can only exist because of darkness."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"You can see it, but it's not really there. Just like the end of a rainbow, the horizon is an illusion."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Catch the gold in your eyelashes so we have light for later, Starry, so it won't be dark in our dreams."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

"Everything I've wanted most in life has been on the other side of finding the courage to ask for the help I need."

-Holly Ringland, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

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11. The Other Bridget

By: Rachael Johns

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A feelgood romantic comedy by Australia's bestselling romance writer, ideal for fans of Emily Henry… read more

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  • fiction
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12. No Hard Feelings

By: Genevieve Novak

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late … read more

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  • australia
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13. Restless Dolly Maunder

By: Kate Grenville

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors were … read more

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  • australia
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14. Wild Place

By: Christian White

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1989, a local teen goes missing from the idyllic suburb of Camp Hill in Australia.… read more

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15. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Pheasants Nest

By: Louise Milligan

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more

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  • australia
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17. These Impossible Things

By: Salma El-Wardany

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A razor‑sharp debut novel of three best friends navigating love, sex, faith, and the one night that… read more

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"A woman has a way of screaming with her whole body that only other women can hear."

-Salma El-Wardany, These Impossible Things

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18. Feast

By: Emily O'Grady

3.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling novel of three women and their dark secrets from the award-winning author of The Yello… read more

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19. Dreaming in French

By: Vanessa McCausland

4.25

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A remote French island. A crumbling villa. A reclusive film star. And an inheritance Saskia never e… read more

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20. Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

DS Gemma Woodstock returns to Smithson in a mysterious new thriller from the bestselling author of … read more

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  • australia
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21. How to be Remembered

By: Michael Thompson

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

On an ordinary night in an ordinary year, Tommy Llewellyn's doting parents wake in a home without t… read more

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22. The Secrets of the Huon Wren

By: Claire van Ryn

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Senior journalist Allira is writing a story for Folk magazine when she meets Nora, a nursing home r… read more

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23. The Albatross

By: Nina Wan

3.48

Format: None pages, ebook

'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhe… read more

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24. Marshmallow

By: Victoria Hannan

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Some moments change everything. For five friends, what should have been a birthday to remember will… read more

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  • australia
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25. The Italian Marriage

By: Jenna Lo Bianco

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The heir to the D’Adamo Family Trust must be the youngest, legal-aged, married male. —15th century … read more

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26. The Sirens Sing

By: Kristel Thornell

3.12

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A beautiful novel from multi-award-winning writer Kristel Thornell, The Sirens Sing is about the ha… read more

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27. 17 Years Later

By: J.P. Pomare

4.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Is the truth sometimes best left buried? A crime masterpiece by bestselling author J. P. Pomare… read more

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28. The Wedding Forecast

By: Nina Kenwood

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Anna was never going to have an easy time at her best friend’s wedding. She’s the bridesmaid; her e… read more

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29. Sixty-Seven Days

By: Yvonne Weldon

3.24

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

'We don't say any words – everything has been said through two sets of eyes, two entangled souls an… read more

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30. Translations

By: Jumaana Abdu

4.12

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Amid a series of personal disasters, Aliyah and her daughter, Sakina, retreat to rural NSW to make … read more

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31. Dusk

By: Robbie Arnott

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

In the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris … read more

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27 must-read fiction books like The Sirens Sing by Kristel Thornell

Transform Your Habits

Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

3.68

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Cold Enough for Snow

Jessica Au

3.73

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Limberlost

Robbie Arnott

4.25

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Back on Track

Tricia Stringer

3.95

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Tilda Is Visible

Jane Tara

4.02

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The Accident

Fiona Lowe

3.86

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The Chocolate Factory

Mary-Lou Stephens

3.96

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